, ;_ / • • [ )06 J ' I . ·-R..33· Doth it not require great Kn vledge of 'Hifiory_ to be fure what Councils th~re havebeeq, and wh1ch were Orthodox and whtch Her ical, which valid and \Vhich invalid , and what they . did? and which fide .had the Major Vote ? And is all rhis ·Hifiorical Knowledge neceffary to Sal– vatiou,. in Learned and Unleai·ned? ~34- YeJ, Is there one Prieft ofmttny that narh (uch _certainty of filch Hifiory of Councils , · when·Writers fo much difagree? ~-.3 5. Seeing Hifiorians· are but like other men, and all men are lyars or untrufiy, and it's notorious that Jgn 'ranee, Faction, Temerity and Partiality, if not J.\i1alignicy, bath fill ed the World \v ith fo much fa lfe I 'ifiory , that except in M;it– rers of Publick uncontradicted Evidence, no man well knoweth what to believe , HO\,v iJ1aH all ·_Chri fi ians lay their Salvation on fo great know– ledge of Hi!tory as is neceffary to certain~y here– in? c£t 36. If the belief of Councils (or the Col– .Jege of BiiJmps as wide as rhe World) be funda– mentally neceffary to Duty, Unity, or Salvation, Is it not nec~!fary that all know what are their Decrees and Laws ? And hmv can tbey knmv this when Councils and Decrees are fo Voluu1i nous; and fewPriefis know them?and when the World is yet difagreed, what Canons or Laws are obli– ~acory, and what not? But they ~ontradict anq condemn each others Laws? · ~37· IfaLay-man fl1ould Jmmv but one part of the Councils Decrees about Faith or Obedi– ence, will fuch a defed ive half Faith and Obedi– ence fave him ? or muft be know all? · z 38. If you fay t ha ~ all rbis Hifto_rical Know- . ledge
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